A base jump ‘flight’ was recorded on video this afternoon in Porto da Cruz. Base Jumping, which is considered the most dangerous of extreme sports, is where people launch themselves from great heights and in mid-flight open their parachute (suitable for openings at low altitudes). BASE is an acronym for…
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The trial of a man accused of having caused a fire in a vacant house, putting the lives of a homeless couple who usually spent the night there at risk, continued today, in the Judicial Court of Funchal. The case dates back to November 2023. According to the prosecution of…
Júlio Nóbrega guarantees that greater demand for health services has not yet led to the cancellation of surgeries due to lack of beds. The public hospitals in the Region have already exhausted their inpatient capacity. This was noted by the clinical director of the Regional Health Service (SESARAM) early this…
The President of the Republic convened the Council of State for the 17th of January, after hearing the parties represented in the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira, following the motion of censure on the Regional Government. A date that, from the outset, rules out the possibility of holding elections on…
Chaos persists in the Emergency Department of Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, in Funchal. There are countless stretchers with patients ‘parked’ along access corridors in the hospital building. “It’s unbelievable the amount of stretchers in the corridors. You almost can’t walk through.” said one witness to DIÁRIO morning. Stretchers with patients…
“No one is buried in a mass grave,” assures the Chamber Funchal Municipal Council (CMF). Their answer is in response to a request for clarification by DIÁRIO following a post published by Father José Luís Rodrigues, under the title ‘People are not cattle,’ in which he expressed indignation at the…
Portuguese health authorities clarified today that metapneumovirus (hMPV) outbreak in northern China, is common in winter and that cases in Portugal are “quite rare.” “Cases have been quite rare, so far. It does not seem to be the virus predominantly associated with some respiratory infections that we are seeing,” stated…
An earthquake registering 1.2 on the Richter scale was detected by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), last night, at 20:38 off the southwest coast of Câmara de Lobos. Taking into account the magnitude and distance from the coast, the earthquake was only felt by…
Since last night, the rescue of a 28-year-old citizen, of German nationality, in Ponta do Pargo, who was forced to make an emergency landing when he was paragliding, in the pebble area has been underway. The rescue is being coordinated by the Maritime Authority and, according to Rui Teixeira, commander…
The Regional Command of PSP Madeira informs that on the 3rd of January, a foreign citizen, aged 27, was arrested for overstaying their designated time period in national territory. This arrest followed a special crime prevention operation carried out in November last year, in the Funchal area. At the time,…
The President of the Regional Government once again assured reporters this morning, that a set of public contracts “will stop,” including work on the Central and University Hospital of Madeira. Miguel Albuquerque explained to journalists that the holdup is due to the failure to agree on the budget and the…
Rain surpassed yellow warning levels in 5 of the 19 meteorological stations of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) with record rainfall recorded in the Autonomous Region of Madeira last night/this morning. In the weather station located in Chão do Areeiro, rainfall reached 21.5 mm in one hour…
ADN-Madeira today defended the liberalisation of maritime transport between Madeira and Porto Santo. This at a time when the Lobo Marinho ferry, which connects the islands of the archipelago, will now undergo its yearly maintenance programme. The ferry will be out of action for 6 weeks as modifications are being…
Miguel Albuquerque considers that “the 9th of March is a good date” for holding regional elections. Furthermore, he will reiterate his commitment when he speaks to the President of the Republic, next Tuesday during his hearing with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The President of the Republic will hold talks with…
The Regional Health Service said today that “it is false to say that SESARAM does not pay its suppliers or have enough medicines. The regional authority reacted abruptly to the headline posted in DIÁRIO on the 3rd of January, reporting that a lack of medicines compromises the general hospital’s Accident…